What is it that makes this exquisite part of Italy so seductive? Historian Alistair Moffat embarks on a journey into Tuscany’s past, underlining both the area’s regional uniqueness as well as the vital role it has played in the history of the whole of Italy.
A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.
Discover the magical world of Celtic gods and goddesses, prophets, shapeshifters and warriors, with the ability to communicate with birds and animals. Find out how they defeated their enemies in battle,...
This book explores the history, architecture, and legends of some of these fascinating fortresses and looks at why they are so appealing to visitors today.
The Bruces of fourteenth-century Scotland were formidable and enthusiastic warriors. Packed with detail and written with a strong and involving narrative thread, this is the first book to link up the various theatres of war and discuss the effect of the wars of the Bruces outside Scotland.
Winner of the Frank Watson Book Prize for the best book published on Scottish History. The legendary Scottish king Máel Coluim III, also known as ‘Malcolm Canmore’, is often held to epitomise Scotland’s ‘ancient Gaelic kings’. This is the first full-length study Máel Coluim III's life and reign.
Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death and the Irish (2016-2021), this collection examines the celebration of Christmas among the Irish, from the seventh century...
Stained glass and other religious imagery through the centuries
by Martin Crampin
Photographs by Martin Crampin
Price: $52.99
ISBN: 9781912631162
Pub Date: 2023-05-04
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Y Lolfa
272 Pages
A study of the imagery of Welsh saints across the centuries, in the form of stained glass, sculpture and painting. Including an overview and analysis, followed by sections on c.40 individual Welsh saints. Highly illustrated with 500 of the author’s own photographs, in full color throughout.
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